Last Minute Gift Ideas.

Posted by Passion Paprika | 6:55 PM | Thursday, December 21 | | 1 comments »

It's 4 days to Christmas, wondering what to buy for your techie friend and family? Last minute online shopping can save the day. Here are 12 cool gizmos and lifestyle products that can give any techie a smile for the rest of the year.

TEasE- shirts
These tech tees are brilliant. I don't even need to say anything else, they speak for themselves. It's $14.99 from the ThinkGeek Store



















Tangram shelf from
Lago.

Ever been to a friends place and awed at their amazing bookshelf or artistic table, which is so simple it blows you away. Here is Lago's answer to jazz up your living room, dining room, any room with a Tangram shelf.

Tangram is a puzzle which includes 7 shapes which fit together to form a square. But why have a boring square when you can have say a cat or a man. Here are some brilliant examples.



For the Caffeine lovers.


While sipping on your hot JAVA have you ever wondered what the Scientific formula and molecular structure of Caffeine is? You haven't ? Are you really really sure? Okay if you haven't then this sleek glass mug with the molecular structure of Caffeine is definitely not an ideal gift for you. It costs you $7.99 at ThinkGeek. Worth every cent if you are crazy over your your caffeine.

For those curious here is some trivia about Caffeine

Scientific Name: 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine or 3,7-dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione

Molecular composition: C8H10N4O2

Molecular Structure:
The Exact Pint

This beer beaker will give measure your pint to the T. It costs you only $6.99 at the ThinkGeek store. It is a plastic beaker (NOT GLASS) just incase you've had a pint too many. For the people on the British Isle, this may be a bit of a problem! The pint here is not in Brit measure, its the US measure; by this I mean, a pint is not 20 ounces but rather 16 ounces. All the same, Cheers!




Not your Ordinary Doormat


This rather unusual doormat is not something everyone will just walk over. I am sure the techie brain will easily decipher the WELCOME written on it in binary code. It costs about $39.99 at ThinkGeek.


USB - Chiller.

Something that'll go great with the Perfect beaker is this USB beverage chiller. Just plug it in, do some coding, once you are finished with one segment, you can pour your chilled beverage in the perfect beaker, just check if the company is honoring your trust by giving you 16ounces of juice and enjoy. This ingenious desktop luxury costs you a meager $29.99 from ThinkGeek.




System requires more Memory

This is a perfect gift for your forgetful friend. Give them some extra memory. I subtle reminder for them to REMEMBER. 1 GB RAM round your neck you will never forget anything. At $14.99, these are a steal. They also come with a pair of matching earrings.




Psycho re-invented


This classy knife stand is just perfect for a crazy man's kitchen. Stabby comes with 5 knives which sit in magnetised slots to keep them secure for $69.99 at ThinkGeek.




We hate Ties.


So do the people at ThinkGeek. Check out the binary brilliance on this neck wringer. The tie reads "ties suck" in it sophisticated way. It costs $24.99 and you know where to find it.



Swiss Army Key.


Have you ever been in a situation when you are out in the woods and apart from tin can opener a knife and bottle opener you had desperately desired a USB key to store all those brilliant photographs you'd taken of lion tailed macaque? No? Me neither. But this USB Key attachment to your Swiss Army knife will surely come in handy if you ever venture out of the virtual jungle to the real one. I don't see that happening in the near future, but whatever. The cost varies depending on the capacity of the USB key. You can find all this and more at the ThinkGeek Store.




Blow on the candles


Sick of using the conventional Candles on a romantic evening? The fumes make you nauseus, remove the zing out of the romance? Well you can try this new LED powered candle which flickers like the real thing, Not only does it give that brilliant glow, it also magically blows on. YES YOU READ IT RIGHT BLOWS ON!! For a mere $14.99 at the ThinkGeek, its a steal for a magical evening.




Circuit board coasters


When you have your cute little tea party with your scones and jam, I am sure you wished you had better table decor than the measely straw mat. This circuit board coasters add a little panache to your tea parties!


1 comments

  1. Gaurav // 12/22/2006 3:43 PM  

    I am not sure if i can gift these items to someone. They are so uniquie that i would like to posses all of them for my own use. These items will definately raise the status of a techiee from others.